diff --git a/lang/python-pip/Makefile b/lang/python-pip/Makefile
index f26d6ae02..f260e7ffe 100644
--- a/lang/python-pip/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python-pip/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=python-pip
 PKG_VERSION:=7.1.2
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_RELEASE:=3
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=pip-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pip/
@@ -48,8 +48,9 @@ define PyPackage/python-pip/filespec
 endef
 
 define PyPackage/python-pip/install
-	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/bin
-	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/bin/* $(1)/usr/bin
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/bin $(1)/etc
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/bin/* $(1)/usr/bin
+	$(INSTALL_CONF) ./files/pip.conf $(1)/etc/
 endef
 
 $(eval $(call PyPackage,python-pip))
diff --git a/lang/python-pip/files/pip.conf b/lang/python-pip/files/pip.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..89339e98a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/python-pip/files/pip.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[global]
+cache-dir=/tmp/.cache
+log-file=/tmp/pip-log.txt